New York (VDER ICSA)
Geoqualification
Residence in a DAC or EmPower pre-screened area.
- Pre-screened areas
- DAC interim disadvantaged areas
We consider the following five utility zones in New York:
- National Grid
- NYSEG
- Central Hudson
- Rochester Gas & Electric
- Orange & Rockland
Pre-screened areas
to-do: note, recreating eligible block groups is not available.
DAC BGs
4,145 census block groups are tagged as disadvantaged communities defined by New York State.
LMI Qualifications
New York LMI Qualification methods are detailed in the policy matrix, but in summary include:
- LMI - 80% of AMI
- Award letters for EmPower, HEAP, SNAP, TANF, SSSI; HEAP or other assistance on utility bill
The table below shows total population by LMI qualification method by utility area coverage. Note, these LMI groups are not mutually exclusive, rather are snap shots of the individual method’s population.
## # A tibble: 5 × 4
## Name `Pop under 80 AMI` `SNAP HH` `Total Population`
## <chr> <int> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 NGRID 539215 199384 3425380
## 2 NYSEG 254700 78886 1832677
## 3 RGE 133633 50791 846568
## 4 CHGE 83137 20791 600999
## 5 ORU 70542 19903 590644
The map shows the census tracts loaded with the LMI qualification methods by utility zone coverage.
LIFT Solar
Groundswell manages the LIFT solar dataset of over 450 LMI community solar projects across the country. Project capacity (KW AC) and number of potential LMI customers per project is shown from this dataset. Note, there are no LIFT projects in New Mexico.